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Title Hog Rifle Shoot
Date 1954
Description This photograph depicts a hog rifle shoot. The image shows a man with a rifle looking at the camera, with several other men with rifles behind him. Also visible in the background are a truck and a white barn. The men are standing on a grassy area at the bottom of a hill. The photograph was taken at Hi Tye Mountain near Waynesboro, VA, in 1954.
Location Location Name: Milepost 0
Parkway Milepost: 0.0
Latitude: 38.030278
Longitude: -78.8575
Creator Individual Bill Lord
Tags Augusta County (Va.)
Automobiles
Barns
Farm buildings and land
People
Photographs
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway